· Public charity
Town of Normal Children's Discovery Museum Foundation
The purpose of the children's discovery museum foundation is to support the mission and vision of the children's discovery museum to raise and expend funds for the benefit of the museum, and to advocate on behald of the museum in the community at large.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- $50k–250k2 grants · $221k
- $250k+1 grant · $2.7M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHILDRENS DISCOVERY MUSEUM | $2,741,930 |
| CHILDRENS DISCOVERY MUSEUM | $171,142 |
| CHILDRENS DISCOVERY MUSEUM | $50,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY26–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
0 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2026–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2026 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 0 of the 1 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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